Update 11:45 a.m. - Chief of Patrol Pat Ivey said Mitchell was found about 7:30 a.m. at her home in the 5600 block of Benedict Road after police received a tip about her whereabouts. It's unclear what she was doing there, but she was taken into custody without incident.

Ivey said he was unsure if Mitchell was found in the rainbow-colored dress she escaped in. A police report also said she was shoeless.

Ivey said Mitchell fled about 12:15 a.m. Monday after the rookie police officer, J.C. Marlow, took his laptop out of his car and was working on her arrest and booking information. Ivey said prisoners are routinely removed from patrol cars while police officers do such work and are taken just inside the jail building to await processing.

Ivey said several minutes passed before Mitchell was noticed missing. It's unclear whether she was in the custody of the officer or jail personnel when she fled, which will be part of an internal investigation now underway.

"The entire thing will be looked at," Ivey said.

Ivey said Marlow, who has been on the force for 11 months, remains on duty and has not been placed on leave. He said there have been other cases of people escaping from the sally port, but he didn't provide more details.

Before getting out of one handcuff, Mitchell complained about them being too tight and Marlow adjusted them, which officers often do, though their goal is to ensure a suspect can free themselves, Ivey said.

The arrest report in the domestic battery case said it involved a brawl with a 24-year-old woman identified as Mitchell's girlfriend. Mitchell was arrested about 8:20 p.m.

"I am thankful she was taken into custody in a rather short period of time," Ivey said of Mitchell's arrest after the escape.

Update 8:20 a.m. - The Sheriff's Office Twitter account just posted (see below) that Mitchell has been captured, but provided no other details or a previous mugshot. The JSO first posted the info on its Twitter page, then notified the media. The Sheriff's office sent out an advisory at 9 a.m. that a 10:45 a.m. press conference has been set to release further details.

A Jacksonville woman clad in a rainbow dress escaped from police just before being booked into the Duval County jail Sunday and remains at-large despite a hunt by police dogs and a helicopter.

Tri'shawnna R. Mitchell, 32, was arrested on a charge of domestic battery in the 800 block of McDuff Avenue Sunday afternoon and brought to the jail's sally port to be booked. She fled on foot from police through an open gate that is periodically open to allow police vehicles to enter and exit the area, said Sgt. Matthew D. Clements.

Clements said surveillance footage showed the suspect pumping her arms while running indicating she was able to remove at least one of her hands from police restraints. He didn’t know how the woman was able to remove one of her handcuffs or how long she had been waiting to be booked.

"We spent one to two hours searching for this individual and unfortunately were unable to locate her," Clements said.

Clements said Mitchell is not considered armed or dangerous. Her arrest history back to 2000 and includes charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, auto theft and grand theft.

Clements said it is Sheriff's Office policy for the transporting officer to stay with a suspect until they are booked and it's unclear where the officer was in this case. Clements said an investigation will be done.

"Our first responsibility is to try and find her," Clements said. "After that, we piece together everything else."

Mitchell is described as about 5-foot and 152 pounds with short hair. He did not immediately have a picture of the woman, who has been arrested before.

Clements had no information about the domestic violence charge and said police will seek an arrest warrant in the morning charging Mitchell with escape.

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Monday, June 16, 2014 @ 1:46 pm

"Before getting out of one handcuff, Mitchell complained about them being too tight and Marlow adjusted them, which officers often do, though their goal is to ensure a suspect can free themselves, Ivey said."